Current News and Events /italian/news en Call for papers. Translating conflict and refuge: language, displacement, and the politics of representation /news/call-papers-translating-conflict-refuge-language-displacement-politics-representation <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/news/call-papers-translating-conflict-refuge-language-displacement-politics-representation"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/styles/inline/public/translating_conflict_and_refuge_image.jpg?itok=02eRPe-W" alt="1" title="1" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Call for papers Translating conflict and refuge: language, displacement, and the politics of representation Date: Friday 24 April 2026 Place: The ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ / part hybrid Submission deadline for abstracts: 5 December 2025 Papers are invited for this one-day conference to take place in ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ (UK) next April...</p></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:07:45 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20324 at Croatian Author Magdalena Blažević in Conversation at Heffers Bookshop /news/croatian-author-magdalena-blazevic-conversation-heffers-bookshop <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Faculty of Modern &amp; Medieval Languages and Linguistics is pleased to share details of an upcoming literary event hosted by independent publisher Linden Editions and Heffers Bookshop. On Thursday 11 September, Croatian author Magdalena Blažević will join Burhan Sönmez, President of International PEN and acclaimed...</p></div></div></div> Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:47:07 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20322 at ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ launches survey on Llanito and Gibraltar English /news/cambridge-launches-survey-llanito-gibraltar-english <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Researchers at the ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ have launched a new study into Llanito, the distinctive hybrid vernacular spoken in Gibraltar, and its relationship to Gibraltar English. The project is led by Professor Brechtje Post, Professor Ioanna Sitaridou, Professor Laura Wright, and Research Assistant Amber Holt, and forms...</p></div></div></div> Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:26:02 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20312 at Dr Claire White publishes Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial with ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ University Press /news/dr-claire-white-publishes-zolas-dream-idealism-trial-cambridge-university-press <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We are delighted to share the news that Dr Claire White, Associate Professor of French in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, and Fellow of Girton College, ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ, has published her new book, Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial , with ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ University Press. The study takes as its starting...</p></div></div></div> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:44:05 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20310 at Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins the 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation /news/sophia-khwaja-clarke-wins-2025-phoebe-taylor-prize-outstanding-work-spanish-translation <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This year, the Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation was awarded to Sophia Khwaja-Clarke for her project on translations of selected poems from the collection Un Montón de escritura para nada by Mexican poet and academic Sara Uribe. Like Phoebe’s project, this translation focuses on a Latin...</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:01:11 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20307 at Anna May Wong Retrospective at the BFI /news/anna-may-wong-retrospective-bfi <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Dr Xin Peng has curated the upcoming BFI retrospective on Anna May Wong, drawing on her extensive research into the early Chinese American star's racialised performance, cosmopolitanism, and innovative engagement with new media technologies. This carefully curated season celebrates Wong’s remarkable and diverse career...</p></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:21:42 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20306 at MultiLila Project Impact Film Now Live /news/multilila-project-impact-film-now-live <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We’re delighted to announce that the Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) impact film focusing on Professor Ianthi Tsimpli’s ten-year long, collaborative work in India, which began with the MultiLila project (ESRC-FCDO), is now live on the UKRI for Researchers YouTube channel. Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/aeej6iZ7Dkw...</p></div></div></div> Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:47:32 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20305 at Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Spanish Translation /news/sophia-khwaja-clarke-wins-2025-phoebe-taylor-prize-spanish-translation <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation has been awarded to Sophia Khwaja-Clarke for her project on translations of selected poems from Un montón de escritura para nada by award-winning Mexican poet and academic Sara Uribe. Like Phoebe Taylor’s own prize-winning project, Sophia’s work...</p></div></div></div> Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:32:24 +0000 Violetta Vedeneeva 20303 at Call for papers: 53rd ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ Romance Linguistics Seminar, 6-7 January 2026 /news/call-papers-53rd-cambridge-romance-linguistics-seminar-6-7-january-2026 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The call for papers for the 53rd ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ Romance Linguistics Seminar is now open (6-7 January 2026, Trinity Hall, ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ). Papers (20 mins plus 10 mins for discussion) may be on any aspect of Romance linguistics, within any theoretical framework, and in any standard Romance language, or in English. The emphasis is on...</p></div></div></div> Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:26:07 +0000 Eleanor Stocks 20300 at 'Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550' Conference, 19-20 September 2025 /news/literary-devotions-italy-c-1200-1550-conference-19-20-september-2025 <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/news/literary-devotions-italy-c-1200-1550-conference-19-20-september-2025"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" src="/sites/default/files/styles/inline/public/literary_devotions_.png?itok=BWgYaR4a" alt="Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550" title="Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550 Trinity College, ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ, 19–20 September 2025 Generously supported by the ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ Intesa Sanpaolo Fund, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, and the Society for Italian Studies. The conference will be livestreamed; to register, please click here . In-person participation...</p></div></div></div> Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:41:25 +0000 Eleanor Stocks 20293 at